[32] The Holy Grail is pointed out in particular at Genoa Cathedral. “It was brought from Cæsarea in 1101, is a hexagonal dish of two palms’ width, and was long supposed to be of real emerald, which it resembles in colour and brilliancy.”
[33] Some historians, perhaps with better reason, declare that he was born in 405 at Kilpatrick, Dumbarton, a little town at the junction of the Levin and Clyde. He is variously reported to have died in 493 and 507, some placing his age at 88, and others at 120.
Transcriber’s Notes:
Variations in spelling and hyphenation remain as in the original unless noted below.
- Page 134, single quotation mark changed to double after “the flower of all the world.”
- Page 159, double quotation mark changed to single before “Largesse! Largesse!”
- Page 159, single quotation mark added after “Chevaliers très-hardies!”
- Page 249, period added after “Henry VIII.”
- Ads section, period added after “account of the Cathedral’s history.”
- Footnote 28, “and to, a slight extent” changed to “and to a slight extent.”
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